Polish basal-omni open-weight models released under Apache 2.0

What the research found

Polish basal 2.0 text models and experimental basal-omni multimodal models are released with open weights under Apache 2.0, with basal-omni ultra 31B announced from 17 October; the JevBench ranking claim itself was not verified in the cached text.

Claims and how well the evidence supports them

1. basal-2.0 is released with open weights under Apache 2.0 in mini, 4.5B and max sizes 95%
2. basal-omni supports images and audio and is experimental 98%
3. basal-omni ultra 31B is released from 17 October 2026 (not verified by jev) 12%
4. basal-2.0 supports up to 255 options per question 99%

Evidence

• basal.si5.pl https://basal.si5.pl/en
• news.ycombinator.com https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50142982

Actionability rated medium.